Basic Info

Julie

Age: 39
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Agnostic

Kyle

Age: 36
Sex: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Atheist

Child Preferences

Age: Infant to 12 years old
Sex: Either
Max Number of Children: 2
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian, African American, Asian, Native American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander

Special Needs the Family is Open To: Mild Physical/Medical Disability (Open to Discussion), Animal Allergies, Asthma, Drug Allergies, Environmental Allergies, Food Allergies, Defiant, Lying, Poor Social Skills, Wets the Bed, Drug Addicted at Birth, Failure to Thrive, Low Birth Weight or Premature, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Physical Therapy, Physically Disabled-Mild, Hearing Impaired, Vision Impaired, Hoarding, Academically behind due to poor attendance, Has Behavior Problems in School, Mild Learning Disabilities, Moderate Learning Disabilities, Speech or Language Impairment, Suspension(s), One/Both Parents Diagnosed with Depression, One/Both Parents Have Alcohol Addiction, One/Both Parents Have Drug Addiction, Exposed to Domestic Violence, One/Both Parents Have Had a Mental Diagnosis, Child has had a disrupted adoption, Multiple Placements, ADHD, Adjustment Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Requires Medication For Psychiatric Condition/Mental Health Diagnosis, Requires Counseling/Therapy, Willing to Maintain Contact via Mail with Bio Family, Willing to Maintain Contact with Past Foster Parents, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Grandparents & Other Relatives, Willing to Maintain Contact with Bio Siblings, Child Identifies as LGBT, Sexually Abused in the Past

Environment

State: Oregon
Neighborhood: Suburban
Residency:
Years Together:
Children in the Home: 0
Pet(s): Dog(s), cat(s)

Work

Julie

Occupation: programmer

Kyle

Occupation: IT Auditor

Adoption Agency

Agency: A Family For Every Child
Worker: Dina Badolato
Worker: d.badolato@affec.org
City: Eugene
State: Oregon
Zip: 97402

Family Description

We live in Aloha, Oregon with our dog and cat, in a single-family suburban house. We love board games with friends, camping, going to the beach, and spending time with family. Julie works as a programmer, and Kyle is an IT Auditor. Both of our jobs are flexible and allow work-from-home. Julie loves baking bread, tending to her food garden, and exploring her artistic side. Kyle is the chef in the family and is looking forward to sharing his love for cooking with a child. We have regular social events with friends and family, including Wednesday board games, Friday movie nights, and Saturday dinners with Julie's parents, grandfather, and brother's family.

Preference Description

We are looking to adopt a child (or sibling pair) newborn to age 12, of either gender and any ethnicity. We are open to mild to moderate special needs, but would prefer children who are high functioning or have the potential to be high functioning.

The Rose-Salter Family Profile

We are an adventurous couple living in a single family suburban home in Aloha, Oregon with our dog, Pascal, and cat, Vesper. We are hoping to grow our family through adoption. Our tight-knit family and friends will provide a fun, loving community and we look forward to bringing a child into our home.

Introduction

We love playing board games with friends, camping, going to the beach, and spending time with family. Julie loves baking bread, tending to her vegetable garden, painting, and crochet. Kyle is the chef and is looking forward to sharing his love of cooking and family recipes with our child.

Julie is a computer programmer and Kyle is an IT auditor. Both jobs provide stability and the ability to work from home. If our child is pre-school age, Julie plans to take a few years off work to be a full-time parent.

We hope to instill a sense of wonder and adventure in our child through excursions to the beach collecting shells or hiking to find a waterfall. On rainy days we look forward to playing board games, reading books, and cooking dinner as a family.

Home and Community

We live in Oregon in a safe, quiet suburban neighborhood. Our home has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, with a large, open living space. The backyard is fenced, with a food garden, a grass yard, and a paved, open space under a maple tree.

On our street, children ride their bikes and our neighbors installed a basketball hoop that provides fun for the whole street. We are a short walk away from a playground, an elementary school, and a large green space.

We are close friends with our neighbor who has 3 children, and we look forward to playdates between our families. We also enjoy dinners with Julie's parents, who live on 6 acres and whose land is farmed by a local farmer. We are an animal-loving family, and at larger family dinners there can be up to 6 dogs present!

Parenting Experience

In elementary school, Julie volunteered time to help with kindergarten classes. In high school, Julie babysat, was a nanny during the summer, and volunteered with the middle-school band and at the zoo. Her favorite job at the zoo was helping kids at the petting zoos and day camps.

When Kyle was younger, he gained experience with children as a babysitter and through jobs that involved working with children. He loves spending time with Julie's young cousins and our friends' kids, and he has quickly become a favorite uncle to most of the kids.

We have continued to seek resources and training, including TBRI training, connected parenting, forming attachment bonds in adoption, and the effects of trauma on development and behavior.

Support

We have an extensive friends and family support network. Julie is very close with her parents and her brother, who live nearby. Her parents are eager to babysit, and her brother is excited to be an uncle. Kyle's mother is also excited and eager to help where she can. Our friends, many of whom have young children, have already begun offering carpools, babysitting, and general support.

It's important to us that our child's needs are met, both physically and mentally, so we plan on finding a trauma-informed therapist for our child. One of our friends works in physical therapy for children, and we will seek her assistance for special needs. Our child's well-being is a priority, and we will do everything to ensure their physical and emotional health.

Motivation to Adopt

When Julie and Kyle discussed expanding their family, adoption was their first choice from the start.

Julie has always felt a strong draw to adopt out of foster care. She has four adopted relatives, and several of our friends were adopted.

Kyle comes from a background of trauma. He's thankful he was able to resolve his own trauma, and feels that adopting a child from foster care gives him an opportunity to be a source of support for a child who needs the consistency and stability he lacked as a child.

We are both very dedicated to and look forward to welcoming our child into our home.